beach wood
by ShutterPug

Comment:
This is nice, just a little more color saturation and maybe even a slight crop off of the LH side would have strengthened the photo. I love the diagonal lines created by the ribs of the boat and its bow.

Not crazy about the border.

"Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice......" Robert Frost
by ShutterPug

Comment:
I'll be honest, this was not one of my favorite pictures from this challenge. Ive tried to figure it out b/c i really like sea and waterscapes so these feelings are a departure from the norm for me.

With a second examination of your pic, i guess my lack of attraction to this scene is the dominating foreground with its wild texture and color. This is not a very soothing photo like many seascapes. But then, it does fit your title well. I did give it a 6 during voting so i didn't totally slam it, it's just that normally a photo like this would garner a 7 or higher from me.

Just my .02 and honestly the picture is growing on me a little as i sit and ponder.

Target Practice
by ShutterPug

Comment:
Again, very funny in a sick kind of way. I suppose any cat lover would rather have you in the target circle. Technically, the picture is very good. emotionally, well, i think the vote curve tells that story :)

P.S. I neither hate nor love cats so consider me neutral :)

Feathered friends
by ShutterPug

Comment:
Nice and sharp, the only giveaway that it may be at the zoo is the concrete in the BG. I would like to see a tight crop of the two heads only, maybe in a horizontal format.

Spitting Anteater
by ShutterPug

Comment:
Is that worm? Pretty funny. Colors/tones seem to blend together in this pic, making the overall effect rather muted in color and contrast.

Turbulence
by ShutterPug

Comment:
This is an incredible shot, one i missed during the challenge. Good job with your DOF and i like your treatment of the clouds to give it a very moody feel. Powerful feeling as well.

Old Spreader
by rwouthuis

Comment:
Hi from the Critique Club. Here is the critique you requested. Please feel free to PM me with any questions or comments.

First of all, let me say that you did a wonderful job on the composition and processing of this picture. YOu definitely captured a piece of history that is unfamiliar to many im sure.

I especially like how the picture is divided into thirds horizontally with the green grass leading to the white clouds, followed by the blue sky. Color saturation is very nice, especially the nice warm tones where the sun is hitting the spreader.

My two criticisms are these: Some of the grass in the foreground is distracting, especially the light colored grass against the spreader. it tends to take my eyes up and past the spreader to the nice blue sky. The second one i'm not sure of but it seems like the trees on the RH side are a little too much, or they crowd the RH side of the spreader. This is just my opinion and i may be way off base. I just feel that a little more space on that end of the spreader would separate it more from the background and make it more of a focal point.

Good score in the challenge and i look forward to seeing more of your work.

Cheers,
mark

America's Fading Glory II
by SJCarter

Comment:
I like this one the best. Probably better that you entered the other one though:)

Dirty Pretty Crime
by bucket

Comment:
Nice lighting and PP. Title a little awkward but a very nice pic. 8

BOOM!!!
by UNCLEBRO

Comment:
NIce pic. What are they blowing up?